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CARBONDALE — A Carbondale Area High School student brought a toy gun to school today, causing administration to alert the authorities.

“The building principal and police officers immediately confiscated what happened to be a toy gun. It was never a real weapon, however, we are taking this very serious,” said Superintendent Robert Mehalick. “Nobody was in any danger whatsoever. Everything we’ve been asking our students to do, they did.”

The district is cooperating with Carbondale Police and the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s office to address the situation, he said.

A part-time Throop and Old Forge police officer pushed his ex-girlfriend and punched a wall near her head while shouting at her Saturday night at a downtown Scranton bar and restaurant, city police said. Robert J. Grunza Jr., 26, of 536 Third Ave., Jessup
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An inmate whose ear was sheered off during an assault at the Lackawanna County prison filed a federal lawsuit against the county and several guards, alleging the guards failed to protect him.
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In the time it would take Dave Fortin to reach Jim Thorpe from Dickson City on a nice day, he managed Thursday to make it from the bottom of an Interstate 81 on-ramp to the top.
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